Bloomberg Senator Elizabeth Warren urged federal airline regulators to block JetBlue Airways Corp’s proposed merger with Spirit Airlines Inc. by invoking a rarely used authority from the 1950s to argue that the $3.8 billion deal isn’t “consistent with the public interest.” In a letter to Transportation Department Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said the agency could use its …

  Bloomberg Virgin Australia is reluctant to resume long-haul services even as demand for international travel soars, Chief Executive Officer Jayne Hrdlicka said, as the airline seeks to rein in costs and prepares for an initial public offering as soon as next year. “Anything that we did from a long-haul standpoint would have a very high hurdle on it,” Hrdlicka …

  Bloomberg US aviation regulators struck back at major carriers’ reliability after the head of United Airlines Holdings Inc called the government’s air-traffic system “by far the No. 1” cause of flight delays. United Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby made the comments in Washington during a conference. Within hours, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a statement, including a chart …